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🌱 How a Chowchilla prison death is driving new heat-safety rules

Chowchilla, California Patch AM: a 3 min read

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  • How a Chowchilla prison death is driving new heat-safety rules

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Sunny and not as hot, with a high of 86 and low of 50 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Thursday: Very warm with plenty of sun, temps: high: 91, low: 56.
  • Friday: Very warm with plenty of sun, with a high of 92 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Advocates Rally at State Capitol to Demand Heat Protections for Incarcerated People; More Funding for DV Survivors (ognsc.com) — A California lawmaker is pushing new heat-protection rules for state prisons after a woman died at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla, highlighting dangerous summer temperatures inside aging buildings. The proposal would launch a pilot program, long-term HVAC upgrades, and climate-response planning, while separate advocates at the Capitol are urging more funding for domestic violence and assault survivor services statewide.
   

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    Thursday May 14
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  • Hi neighbors.
    A couple months back i posted about a pregnant stray dog that i was trying to find a home for. We ended up keeping her. She had a litter of 8 and I… (Nextdoor Robertson and Ave 23)
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    NAMES AXEL LAST SEEN AROUND 7TH ST IN CHOWCHILLA IF FOUND OR SEEN PLEASE CALL OR TEXT Meaghan (559) 812-8402 (Nextdoor Chowchilla)
  • Tractor Supply Company posted a job opening for Team Member in Madera. Apply here.
  • Madera Unified School District posted a job opening for Head Varsity Girls Volleyball Coach-Matilda Torres High School in Madera. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Chowchilla here.

🗞 Nearby News

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  • Playhouse Merced is ready to show what it has planned for its new season (mercedsunstar.com)
  • UC Merced Student's Death at Center of Wrongful-Death Lawsuit Against OpenAI (losbanosenterprise.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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